Description
PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE, GENEVA An 18K Yellow Gold Open-Faced Pocket Watch
A fine and elegant Patek Philippe & Cie open-faced pocket watch in 18K yellow gold, featuring a manual-wind movement with subsidiary seconds. The two-tone silvered dial is finely engine-turned with black Arabic numerals and decorative blued hands of Louis XV style.
Dial is signed PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE GENEVA. Case No. 256142.
Outer mechanism cover/case is numbered 256142 and bears stamps PPCo, 18KT and Swiss 18k gold hallmark (head of Helvetia) and Patek Philippe hallmark. Inside case/cover it is also stamped with Swiss 18k gold hallmark, Patek Philippe stamp and also numbered 256142. Also inscribed with mechanism number No. 149827 and PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE, GENEVA.
Mechanism is signed PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE, GENEVA, SUISSE and numbered 149827. The watch works.
Accompanied with service papers from 17-3-1981. With Patek Philippe box and outer box.
About the Accompanying Service Papers
The document shown is an original Patek Philippe “Devis de Révision” (Service Quotation) issued through the official Patek Philippe agent in Athens, Apostolaki, who handled factory repairs for the brand in Greece. It refers specifically to the present pocket watch, movement no. 149827 / case no. 256142, confirming that the piece was sent to Patek Philippe in Geneva for a complete overhaul (“révision complète”) and dial refresh (“rafraîchir cadran”). Date: 27 October 1980. Reference: Service order no. 0955 Total cost: 610 Swiss francs (including parts and labour) This period document verifies that the watch was factory-serviced and that both case and movement numbers match the Patek Philippe records. It also provides valuable provenance and authenticity, as official Patek Philippe service papers from this era are rarely preserved.
Collector’s note: The inclusion of this 1980 Geneva service receipt via Apostolaki, Athens, is important confirming its originality, service history, and documented Greek provenance.